226
226
Oct 24, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 226
favorite 0
quote 0
the romney/ryan team have the momentum. the question is does momentum overtake the map or the map suffocate the momentum? that's going to be the next couple of weeks be here that are in play right now. this thing is close. the president is behind. he is behind. that's why you have chicago concerned about reinforcing those firewalls, the president on the plane the way he is. this thing is going to boil down to hard ground games. >> let me say something about the lead. whether or not he is up or down, we know the thing is really close. jonathan writing in "new york" magazine obama's lead is narrow, he says it's a lead. he is leading and his lead not declining and the perception that romney is pulling ahead ed years. i actually heather what did you think of that? because on one hand i thought that's good because everybody's been saying you got to put some vision out there. do you think that's an effective tool. >> i think it's great. i hope that people get to read it. this is something we did when i was on the edwards campaign
the romney/ryan team have the momentum. the question is does momentum overtake the map or the map suffocate the momentum? that's going to be the next couple of weeks be here that are in play right now. this thing is close. the president is behind. he is behind. that's why you have chicago concerned about reinforcing those firewalls, the president on the plane the way he is. this thing is going to boil down to hard ground games. >> let me say something about the lead. whether or not he is...
112
112
Aug 14, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
we'll discuss romney, ryan and religion next. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually say that. mine hurt more! mine stopped hurting faster... [ female announcer ] neosporin® plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria. neosporin® plus pain relief. for a two dollar coupon, visit neosporin.com. >>> later this hour, president obama will speak in iowa, the second of a three-day bus tour through the hawkeye state. four years ago, the president won iowa by nine points. one factor that might impact his margins this year is the catholic vote, who make up a quarter of the population in i
we'll discuss romney, ryan and religion next. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually...
181
181
Aug 13, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 181
favorite 0
quote 0
to understand what romney's going to do, look at ryan. ryan is really in charge. conservatives envision romney as a kind of ceremonial head of state who might direct foreign policy but in the domestic arena, he will do what ryan wants. ryan is not a deal maker. ryan's not a compromiser. ryan has a maximalist vision and strategy that he's been pursuing consistently since he basically gained control of the house republican caucus at the beginning of 2010. he's been very diligently and effectively subverting any bipartisan agreement to deal with the deficit over the long term, in the hopes they can win the election, have a majority in both houses and use it to push through his plan pretty much unchanged. >> ezra, i want to ask, in terms of the obama campaign and the medicare question, how to sort of best sell the fork in the road to the american public. the "wall street journal" on the editorial page writes our advice is that mitt romney go on offense on medicare. he could hit mr. obama with ads in florida and elsewhere for his $716 billion in medicare cuts and his p
to understand what romney's going to do, look at ryan. ryan is really in charge. conservatives envision romney as a kind of ceremonial head of state who might direct foreign policy but in the domestic arena, he will do what ryan wants. ryan is not a deal maker. ryan's not a compromiser. ryan has a maximalist vision and strategy that he's been pursuing consistently since he basically gained control of the house republican caucus at the beginning of 2010. he's been very diligently and effectively...
98
98
Aug 13, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 98
favorite 0
quote 0
paul ryan is who mitt romney wants to have people see him as. sort of the view that people in the conservative media world have of ryan, this sort of lionization they have, that's what mitt romney believes he is and that he sees, he would like that definition and if that's what it takes to sort of refocus the spotlight on him in a way, then it was to him worth the political cost. we'll see. >> chuck todd, who broke the story to report on this and all day and all night and all night and day again. thank you very much. and something else indeed. chris cillizza, thanks for joining us today. >>> meanwhile, the romney/ryan team has split up today. mitt romney campaigning in florida while paul ryan is flying solo in iowa at the state fair. he'll be sharing the political spotlight in iowa with the president, who kicks off a three-day iowa bus tour, unprecedented in council bluffs. nbc's ron mott is in des moines at the state fair. warn you against the deep fried butter but other than that, you're on your own. what do you think ryan's appeal is going to
paul ryan is who mitt romney wants to have people see him as. sort of the view that people in the conservative media world have of ryan, this sort of lionization they have, that's what mitt romney believes he is and that he sees, he would like that definition and if that's what it takes to sort of refocus the spotlight on him in a way, then it was to him worth the political cost. we'll see. >> chuck todd, who broke the story to report on this and all day and all night and all night and...
227
227
Aug 13, 2012
08/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 227
favorite 0
quote 0
we'll talk further in to the romney and/or ryan plan. number two, example number two, nbc journalist andrea mitchell opining on the female vote and paul ryan. >> i think you are going to see they are decided difficult correction. this is not a pick for a suburban mom. this is not a pick for that. >> eric: kimberly, you're a mom. soccer mom. your thoughts? >> kimberly: andrea, you better get out a little bit more. the soccer moms that i was hanging out with over the weekend had a lot of enthusiasm about it. i don't know who you are hanging with. expand your crew. >> bob: is there soccer there? >> kimberly: yes. we have soccer and grass. >> eric: main stream media, straight journalists pointing out how the female vote is going -- >> bob: there are a lot of ways, not getting in the policy but a lot of ways to turn ryan and his positions in a threat to su sur been a women -- suburban women. a lot of constituencies that we'll go after that paul ryan represents. >> dana: i think they are wrong. if you look at the tea party vote in 2010, a lot
we'll talk further in to the romney and/or ryan plan. number two, example number two, nbc journalist andrea mitchell opining on the female vote and paul ryan. >> i think you are going to see they are decided difficult correction. this is not a pick for a suburban mom. this is not a pick for that. >> eric: kimberly, you're a mom. soccer mom. your thoughts? >> kimberly: andrea, you better get out a little bit more. the soccer moms that i was hanging out with over the weekend had...
148
148
Aug 16, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
romney is now saying his plan and paul ryan's are near identical. we'll dig into what that means. >>> plus another battle brewing in arizona. governor jan brewer's latest stand against the obama administration. >>> president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david walker is former u.s. controller general, now ceo of the comeback america initiative focusing on fiscal responsibility and entitlement reform. david, welcome. thanks so much. well, you've heard a lot of the debate. you saw the whiteboard today with mitt romney accusing the president of medicare cuts. barbara comstock was here from the campaign saying that president obama would cut current recipients with the $716 billion in cuts, while wyden/ryan, she says, would preserve what is available for current recipients. what say you? >> well, as a former trustee of medicare and social secu
romney is now saying his plan and paul ryan's are near identical. we'll dig into what that means. >>> plus another battle brewing in arizona. governor jan brewer's latest stand against the obama administration. >>> president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david...
123
123
Aug 14, 2012
08/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 123
favorite 0
quote 0
reaction to paul ryan selection as mitt romney's running mate. joining us now from washington democratic congressman dennis kucinich. so, in the beginning, just right after the announcement was made on saturday morning, some democrats go oh, this is great for us. paul ryan is an extremist and that's what the "new york times" said today as i pointed out on talking points memo. do you feel that way? do you feel like this is a slam dunk for your party, this is a great thing? >> no. this election is up for grabs. with the economy being what it is, with unemployment, with trade, china trade in particular, we're still at war. there is a lot of issues that are going to be discussed that will determine the outcome of the election and, frankly, i'm glad that paul ryan is in the race because his position in the race will help define the issues in a much clearer way than any other candidate that romney could have picked. >> bill: all right. so you are actually agreeing with me that you want to be careful with because you do have to go home and walk the stre
reaction to paul ryan selection as mitt romney's running mate. joining us now from washington democratic congressman dennis kucinich. so, in the beginning, just right after the announcement was made on saturday morning, some democrats go oh, this is great for us. paul ryan is an extremist and that's what the "new york times" said today as i pointed out on talking points memo. do you feel that way? do you feel like this is a slam dunk for your party, this is a great thing? >> no....
440
440
Aug 12, 2012
08/12
by
KNTV
tv
eye 440
favorite 0
quote 0
people were shouting back at romney and at paul ryan. they were chanting "usa," really an incredible atmosphere, and you could see even the candidates sort of react to it. romney was tripping over words, things he says every day in his stump speech, and pacing around the stage, just a high-energy environment. the romney campaign knows they need to try to keep that up at least through the rest of this bus tour. >> and chuck todd, as part of the team that broke this story for us last night, in addition to just what garrett reported, that kind of excitement differential, what does this pick get mitt romney, and what doesn't it get him? >> well one thing i want to point is it's gotten him $2 million today alone just in fund-raising, but what it gets him is definition. mitt romney over the last six weeks had become a caricature, if you will, of the obama campaign simply trying to paint him as a rich guy who was out of touch with the middle class, who simply was somehow looking for more tax cuts for himself. well today was an opportunity and t
people were shouting back at romney and at paul ryan. they were chanting "usa," really an incredible atmosphere, and you could see even the candidates sort of react to it. romney was tripping over words, things he says every day in his stump speech, and pacing around the stage, just a high-energy environment. the romney campaign knows they need to try to keep that up at least through the rest of this bus tour. >> and chuck todd, as part of the team that broke this story for us...
114
114
Oct 20, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
that is who is heading up the paul ryan part of the romney/ryan campaign. senor also sits on the board of directors as something called the foreign policy initiative. they've got four people on their board. one is dan senor. two of the other four people are special advisers to the romney campaign. these guys. and yesterday that group headed by the top staffer to paul ryan and two other romney/ryan advisers called for an american war in syria. you ready for another american war in the middle east? this is a presidential campaign that neither side wants to be about foreign policy. even president obama does not want that because there are hard questions to be asked of him about why we're still in afghanistan and the kill list and drone strikes and all the rest. but the romney/ryan campaign has not been capable of asking those questions. they haven't even bothered to come up with a legible policy on the war we are already in. so anybody who wants hard questions asked of president obama on foreign policy, it just hasn't happened yet. and anybody who was freaked
that is who is heading up the paul ryan part of the romney/ryan campaign. senor also sits on the board of directors as something called the foreign policy initiative. they've got four people on their board. one is dan senor. two of the other four people are special advisers to the romney campaign. these guys. and yesterday that group headed by the top staffer to paul ryan and two other romney/ryan advisers called for an american war in syria. you ready for another american war in the middle...
256
256
Aug 11, 2012
08/12
by
WBAL
tv
eye 256
favorite 0
quote 0
by picking paul ryan, mitt romney bypassed more moderate republican candidates. in the end deciding to go with a man who will help him fire up the republican base and also will help him draw a clear contrast with the president over key issues in this election, like taxes and spending. with the retired bathleship "uss wisconsin" as the backdrop, mitt romney introduces one of the biggest guns in the conseverive movement, paul ryan. >> understands the fiscal challenges facing america, our exploding deficits and crushing debt and the fiscal catastrophe that awaits us if we don't change course. >> reporter: analysts say romney's selection is both bold and potentially risky. >> the commitment mitt romney and i make to you is this. we won't duck the tough issues. we will lead. >> reporter: as chairman of the house budget committee, ryan designed a politically polarizing budget plan, slashing trillions in federal spending including cuts to programs like medicare. >> we can turn this thing around. real solutions can be delivered, butt will take leadership. >> reporter: in
by picking paul ryan, mitt romney bypassed more moderate republican candidates. in the end deciding to go with a man who will help him fire up the republican base and also will help him draw a clear contrast with the president over key issues in this election, like taxes and spending. with the retired bathleship "uss wisconsin" as the backdrop, mitt romney introduces one of the biggest guns in the conseverive movement, paul ryan. >> understands the fiscal challenges facing...
107
107
Oct 11, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 107
favorite 0
quote 0
>> mitt romney put paul ryan on the ticket. that's not running away from the plan. >> but i mean -- he didn't embrace the ryan budget. it was too tough for him perhaps? >> correct me if i'm wrong, my understanding governor romney has been complimentary of the ryan budget plan and recognizes that we need to make reforms so that the big entitlement programs will be there for the next generation we need to tighten the belt on discreti discretionary spending. i disagree. >> mitt romney's tax proposals, because he has said that he can cut taxes without blowing up the deficit, without being deficit neutral, and at the same time keep defense spending. >> yeah. >> increase the defense budget. how does that work? >> governor romney said he can lower marginal tax rates and generate offsetting revenue so we don't increase the side of the deficit. >> how do you generate that? >> you reduce the number of write-offs and loopholes in some combinations. >> which would you reduce? he's not been specific. >> he's provided more specificity than t
>> mitt romney put paul ryan on the ticket. that's not running away from the plan. >> but i mean -- he didn't embrace the ryan budget. it was too tough for him perhaps? >> correct me if i'm wrong, my understanding governor romney has been complimentary of the ryan budget plan and recognizes that we need to make reforms so that the big entitlement programs will be there for the next generation we need to tighten the belt on discreti discretionary spending. i disagree. >>...
39
39
Aug 11, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 39
favorite 0
quote 0
he knew he was going to own romney-ryan. you spent a lot of time with paul ryan personally and covering him. is he ready for the crush? >> well, i think he is. you know, one of the factors you look for here, we have a tendency when news break like this, to think it's going to be all about paul ryan. it's really not. still going to be all about mitt romney. but you talk about, what do you want a vice president to be able to do? energize the base you have here with paul ryan. can he give a tough speech? can he go after president obama? you bet he can. maybe a lot of people forget, paul ryan was the one who took on president obama in the initial meetings that the president had with house republicans even before they took over in 2010. so he's been an outspoken critic of the president. he can go out there on the stump and excite the base and raise money and really take a tough message and a tough critique to president obama. beyond that, the crush, i think is always an adjustment. but he's pretty weathered now to being a target,
he knew he was going to own romney-ryan. you spent a lot of time with paul ryan personally and covering him. is he ready for the crush? >> well, i think he is. you know, one of the factors you look for here, we have a tendency when news break like this, to think it's going to be all about paul ryan. it's really not. still going to be all about mitt romney. but you talk about, what do you want a vice president to be able to do? energize the base you have here with paul ryan. can he give a...
277
277
Sep 1, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 277
favorite 0
quote 0
jay rosen, nyu or other one saying hey, press, get tough on the republicans, hash tag romney ryan. >> why didn't romney mention the fact we have 48,000 troops in a war right now and acknowledged, and bill crystal couldn't believe what was lack. >> for every bill kristol, and they'll be-- >> and accusing the republican national committee of race baiting and the l.a. times had a headline, republican national convention puts a brown face on a white party. is this race baiting by the media? >> i was struck by the coverage of nbc, and m. snbc, how unabashedly biased it was. has a point of view and clearly came out on the coverage whether it was tom brokaw speaking about backward looking speech, about a man who is less inclusive than his father, to saying things that made joe scarboro and miss brasinski uncomfortable on morning joe. >> and got the opinions through. >>, but they're supposed to have straight coverage of a convention, hard to find that on nbc. >> and david challion, the former, now former head of yahoo! news, washington bureau, who was overheard on an abc webcast saying the ro
jay rosen, nyu or other one saying hey, press, get tough on the republicans, hash tag romney ryan. >> why didn't romney mention the fact we have 48,000 troops in a war right now and acknowledged, and bill crystal couldn't believe what was lack. >> for every bill kristol, and they'll be-- >> and accusing the republican national committee of race baiting and the l.a. times had a headline, republican national convention puts a brown face on a white party. is this race baiting by...
83
83
Aug 11, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 83
favorite 0
quote 0
alex, you've seen ryan advocate for romney. give us a sense of what is the ryan pitch for mitt romney? now he's got to do it a lot. oh, and i'm told we lost alex. >> she's probably knocking on his door again. >> look, she's not messing around. we've got to make sure that if she's looking one way, paul ryan might be sneaking out of the house and trying to get to the airport without us noticing. let me go to kelly o'donnell because she's seen romney be a romney advocate and sometimes a romney critic wanting more -- frankly, romney wanted more people defending his plan. is that fair to say? >> absolutely. and i think part of what you hear paul ryan talk about when he pitches for mitt romney is that the specifics will matter and that the ceo mind set of mitt romney, the way he has approached his work as governor or when he was serving the olympics in 2002 to come in and work on that and turn it around is the sort of turn around mind set, look at the numbers, don't ignore the fact that there is a fiscal cliff. that's part of what pa
alex, you've seen ryan advocate for romney. give us a sense of what is the ryan pitch for mitt romney? now he's got to do it a lot. oh, and i'm told we lost alex. >> she's probably knocking on his door again. >> look, she's not messing around. we've got to make sure that if she's looking one way, paul ryan might be sneaking out of the house and trying to get to the airport without us noticing. let me go to kelly o'donnell because she's seen romney be a romney advocate and sometimes...
126
126
Aug 17, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 126
favorite 0
quote 0
on the romney/ryan plan no matter what. having paul ryan on the ticket may well make it easier to defend the plan convincingly. now immediately after choosing ryan, romney started distancing himself at least a touch from the house budget chair's policy. >> i have my budget plan as you know that i've put out, and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. >> okay. he has his budget plan but a day later, governor romney suggested he didn't actually know whether he agreed or disagreed with the signature budget proposal written by his new running mate. >> i'm sure there are places that my budget is different than his. we haven't gone through piece by piece and said here's a place where there's a difference, i can't imagine any two people even in the same party who have exactly the same positions on all issues. >> okay. they hadn't gone through every detail. then apparently they did, because yesterday, romney arrived at where members of that conservative base we mentioned always wanted him to be. >> actually, paul ryan a
on the romney/ryan plan no matter what. having paul ryan on the ticket may well make it easier to defend the plan convincingly. now immediately after choosing ryan, romney started distancing himself at least a touch from the house budget chair's policy. >> i have my budget plan as you know that i've put out, and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. >> okay. he has his budget plan but a day later, governor romney suggested he didn't actually know whether he agreed or...
33
33
Aug 11, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, setting it up, who knows if people are staying awake, or just coming home from dinner, but as we know, in eight hours, we'll officially have the republican ticket, romney-ryan. it's something of a ticket that i've heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> democrats think this is an opportunity for them, because they've been trying to demonize the ryan budget. this is their view of everything that's bad about the house republican caucus -- the ryan budget, the deep budget cuts, very controversial, very painful. and of course, if you talk to paul ryan and his caucus, they would say this is the budget that would bring america back and begin to spark economic growth. if you talk to most any democrats, it's exactly the opposite, painful, painful budget cuts. so this is the divide and now we'll have an election that will clearly be fought on this issue. i think you'd have to call it a game-change choice because it's clear that mitt romne
the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, setting it up, who knows if people are staying awake, or just coming home from dinner, but as we know, in eight hours, we'll officially have the republican ticket, romney-ryan. it's something of a ticket that i've heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> democrats think this is an opportunity for them, because they've been trying to demonize the ryan budget. this is their view of...
127
127
Oct 11, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
ryan may have been a smart pick for romney despite his policy positions, not because of they'll. which is to say, he's been pretty good on the stump, in terms of ginning up enthusiasm. the policy stuff may have been his achille's heel and the campaign stuff a bonus. >> ginning up enthusiasm among republicans, probably -- i don't see where the enthusiasm is for him among independents in the body politic overall. i mean the policy positions he's taken, you know, god love him, at least there's someone in washington who is going to put really hard, specific policy prescriptions on the table, the problem, though, is that they're incredibly unpopular. we've gone from the road map for america's future foote of prosperity to the house budget that the budget that the house passed that they're now all running away from because they now know that the american people don't like the policy prescriptions are there. ryan is young, in great shape, very smart. but when people talk about the specifics and what his vision is, they're not going to like it and that's why tonight is fascinating becaus
ryan may have been a smart pick for romney despite his policy positions, not because of they'll. which is to say, he's been pretty good on the stump, in terms of ginning up enthusiasm. the policy stuff may have been his achille's heel and the campaign stuff a bonus. >> ginning up enthusiasm among republicans, probably -- i don't see where the enthusiasm is for him among independents in the body politic overall. i mean the policy positions he's taken, you know, god love him, at least...
216
216
Sep 10, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 216
favorite 0
quote 0
and with both campaigns acknowledging that president obama is ahead, romney and ryan are still refusing to give any details about their tax plan. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. those numbers will come down. >> right now say right now -- >> because we want to do this -- we want to this debate in the public. pe want to have this debate with congress. >> in chicago, teachers go on strike. hundreds of thousands of working families are caught with no place to send their kids. most of whom rely on schools for subsidized meals. >> this is totally unnecessary, it's avoidable and our kids do not deserve this. >> and can you hear me now? president obama struggles with an iphone at a florida phone bank. >> hold on, hold on. hold on. i can do this. i still have a blackberry. >> just 57 days to go until election day. president obama seems to have, according to gallup, at least been helped by his convention to open up a narrow lead over mitt romney. his first since july. rom
and with both campaigns acknowledging that president obama is ahead, romney and ryan are still refusing to give any details about their tax plan. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. those numbers will come down. >> right now say right now -- >> because we want to do this -- we want to this debate in the public. pe want to have this debate with...
112
112
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
romney/ryan. romney/ryan. romney/ryan, there we go. that's great. thank you. >> the already weird interpersonal dynamics on the republican ticket reached a poible dezooe knit of awkwaressterys rn romney campaigned with his running mate. as with all complex relationships it wasn't always like this. square jauds and earn had nest as a 1950's sitcom star he sounded ke a lost member of the romney tribe. re reminding people who is the campaign pate tree yashg. >> i'm putting it back into medicare and i'm the guy running for president, not him. >> ryan doesn't always seem to get the message. in days he's been reportedly acting like a rebellious teageroingk t hld ways and giving power point presentations at campaign rallies. >> we can't keep spending money we don't have. today our federal government for every dollar it spends it borrows cents on that dollar. ouy at the top there,ks ar our debt is going to be 2.5 times the size of our economy. >> according to the former political director of the iowa republican party, ryan may have no choice, quote, i hate
romney/ryan. romney/ryan. romney/ryan, there we go. that's great. thank you. >> the already weird interpersonal dynamics on the republican ticket reached a poible dezooe knit of awkwaressterys rn romney campaigned with his running mate. as with all complex relationships it wasn't always like this. square jauds and earn had nest as a 1950's sitcom star he sounded ke a lost member of the romney tribe. re reminding people who is the campaign pate tree yashg. >> i'm putting it back into...
163
163
Aug 11, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 163
favorite 0
quote 1
a vision for the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, we are setting it up, who knows if people are staying awayerjuction waking up or just coming home from dinner going, oh, well, today is the day. but as we know in eight hours, we will officially have the republican ticket. romney/ryan, it is something of a ticket that i have heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> well, democrats think that this is an opportunity for them because they have been trying to demonize the ryan budget. this is their view of everything that's bad about the house republican caucus is the ryan budget, the deep budget cuts. they are very controversial. they are very painful. of course, if you talk to paul ryan and his caucus, they would say that this is the budget that would bring america back and begin to spark economic growth. if you talk to most, any democrats, it's exactly the opposite. these are painful, painful budget cuts. so this is the divide. and now we are going to have an election that is clear
a vision for the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, we are setting it up, who knows if people are staying awayerjuction waking up or just coming home from dinner going, oh, well, today is the day. but as we know in eight hours, we will officially have the republican ticket. romney/ryan, it is something of a ticket that i have heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> well, democrats think that this is an opportunity for...
86
86
Oct 12, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 86
favorite 0
quote 0
congressman ryan did a great job in explaining governor romney's position on those. i also think that -- >> go ahead. >> avoided mistakes and the vice president didn't. his statements on benghazi as you've been covering andrea, are going to be an ongoing problem for the administration. they really just enhanced the contradictions in the administration's policy. >> there were other issues for paul ryan, though, when it came to medicare and tax policy that have been questioned. what about the differences over medicare, health care? he said that there were no -- that there was no study, no statistics that show increased costs in ryan one in the first medicare proposal which the congressional budget office says is not the case. ryan two is another issue. they were debating ryan one. do you think this is going to be a problem with seniors and the vote in florida and other key states? >> i don't think so. i think the romney ticket is winning on that issue and it's just uncontested that the administration takes money out of medicare, $700 billion to pay for obama care. you
congressman ryan did a great job in explaining governor romney's position on those. i also think that -- >> go ahead. >> avoided mistakes and the vice president didn't. his statements on benghazi as you've been covering andrea, are going to be an ongoing problem for the administration. they really just enhanced the contradictions in the administration's policy. >> there were other issues for paul ryan, though, when it came to medicare and tax policy that have been questioned....
102
102
Oct 25, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 102
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> following paul ryan's attempt yesterday to portray himself as a champion of the poor, mitt romney is set to lay out his business-friendly solutions for the middle class in a major economic speech in ames, iowa, friday. while romney likes to flaunt his 25 years in the private sector, the current occupant of the oval office likes to remind voters that romney's tenure at bain capital cuts both ways. >> i spent my life in the private sector. i know why jobs come and why they go. >> he has a one-point plan, to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. you can make a lot of money and pay lower tax rates than somebody who makes a lot less. ship jobs overseas and get tax breaks for it. invest in a company bankrupted, lay off the workers, strip way their pensions and you still make money. >> while romney pushes his bain in iowa, one state overlies a darker role that private equity and play in communities. jesse jackson among several people arrested in the latest wave of protests centered around a manufacturing company purchased by bain capital six years ago and in t
. >>> following paul ryan's attempt yesterday to portray himself as a champion of the poor, mitt romney is set to lay out his business-friendly solutions for the middle class in a major economic speech in ames, iowa, friday. while romney likes to flaunt his 25 years in the private sector, the current occupant of the oval office likes to remind voters that romney's tenure at bain capital cuts both ways. >> i spent my life in the private sector. i know why jobs come and why they...
107
107
Aug 14, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 107
favorite 0
quote 0
ryan is the vice president. mitt romney likes paul ryan's plan. it's a good plan. mitt romney thinks his plan is better, and there certainly are differences that are real. the democrats are going to try and pretend there are no differences but there are some and the governor and paul ryan will define those clearly over the next couple of days. i just think it's amazing, the democrats think they're going to get a pass on everything. biden comes out with this outrageous comment and i guess we're supposed to ignore it. that's ridiculous. >> let me ask you about that comment by the vice president. i asked stephanie cutter about it. she said in context, the president agrees with his sentiments. whether or not she agrees or the president agrees with his specific words. what is your objection, let me just give you a chance to say so, on what the vice president said about putting you back in chains? >> well, there's going to be folks across the country that will try and take that as some kind of code word that is going to suggest that the republicans are trying to be racia
ryan is the vice president. mitt romney likes paul ryan's plan. it's a good plan. mitt romney thinks his plan is better, and there certainly are differences that are real. the democrats are going to try and pretend there are no differences but there are some and the governor and paul ryan will define those clearly over the next couple of days. i just think it's amazing, the democrats think they're going to get a pass on everything. biden comes out with this outrageous comment and i guess we're...